Legal Services Department Organisational Structure Chart

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Dear Essex County Council,

1) Please provide an organisational structure chart of your legal services department which includes the names of the smaller teams that make up the department and the names of those deemed senior enough to be released along with the number of FTE staff for each of the positions in each of the various teams/roles that exist within the department.

2) Please provide the total number of Subject Access Requests received in each of the last 5 years
a. Please provide the number and percentage based upon your answer to the above question in respect of Subject Access Requests that were completed within the statutory timeframe of one calendar month or 3 months if the request was complex in each of the last 5 years.

3) Please provide the total number of Freedom of Information requests received by Essex County Council in each of the last 5 years
a. Please provide the number and percentage based upon your answer to the above question in respect of Freedom of Information Requests that were completed within the statutory timeframe of 20 working days in each of the last 5 years.

Yours faithfully,
Alison Melville

Your Right To Know, Essex County Council

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for your request for information which we will handle under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Act allows us up to 20 working days (excluding statutory holidays) to process a valid request for information.

We may be in touch with you should we require any further clarification.

We will determine and let you know whether we hold the information you have requested and consider whether we are able to release the information or if it is exempt from disclosure.

ECC does not usually charge for providing information to its requestors as the provision of electronic copies is negligible, however under certain circumstances we may have to do so if providing the information costs more than £25. We will let you know before we do any work that would incur a charge.

Please note that the response and data released to you as part of this request will be published on the Essex County Council website. The website address is https://secureapps.essex.gov.uk/Freedom_...

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Please contact me if you would like further advice or assistance about your request, or your right to access information held by Essex County Council.

Kind Regards

Daniel Cuthbert

Your Right To Know
External IG Team
Democracy and Transparency
Corporate and Customer Services
Essex County Council
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